‘81 kg ice drug seized in KP in four months’
National
May 10, 2021
PESHAWAR: As the number of ice drug (methamphetamine) addicts have increased over the several years in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the police and other forces are focusing more on cutting the supply and going after the big fish involved in the drug business.
The provincial capital along with some districts have made recovery during actions against the ice or meth dealers in recent months. According to the officials or the Peshawar police, the force in the provincial capital has recovered 81 kilograms of ice and over 120 KGs heroin during the current year.
National
May 10, 2021
PESHAWAR: As the number of ice drug (methamphetamine) addicts have increased over the several years in Khyber Pakhtun-khwa, the police and other forces are focusing more on cutting the supply and going after the big fish involved in the drug business.
The provincial capital along with some districts have made recovery during actions against the ice or meth dealers in recent months.
According to the officials or the Peshawar police, the force in the provincial capital has recovered 81 kilograms of ice and over 120 KGs heroin during the current year.
The highest recovery of ice, 22 KG, was made by the Tehkal police followed by 8 KG in Badaber.
Why are tribes fighting over land in new KP districts?
The govt has yet to complete digitization of land records SAMAA | Siraj Khan - Posted: Apr 7, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago SAMAA | Siraj Khan Posted: Apr 7, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The jirga used to help resolve disputes before the merger with KP. Art: SAMAA DIgital
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Bloody clashes over land are frustrating the people of the tribal districts that merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The fights are caused by one simple thing: paperwork.
For
over a decade, these areasâthe seven agencies Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai,
Kurram, North Waziristan, South Waziristan and six frontier regions of
Peshawar
December 18, 2020
BARA: A grand jirga was held in Tirah valley in Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district under the chairmanship of Sector Commander Brigadier Rana Shaukat Shabbir to resolve a land dispute between the Khyber and Orakzai districts.
Khyber District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Muhammad Iqbal, Deputy Commissioner Mahmood Aslam Wazir and the DPO, DC and elders of Orakzai district participated in the jirga.
“We want to resolve the dispute through negotiations and will refrain from any illegal action and the two sides will be completely peaceful,” Rana said, adding that the dispute has been going on for a long time.